Data set from Local authority school places scorecards

Quantity of school places added - national, local authority

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Published 25 June 2026

Last updated 25 June 2026

Quantity of school places added since academic year 2009/10 and planned for 2027/28

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Local authority school places scorecards
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 308
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National
• Indicators:
  • Actual Number on Roll 2009/10
  • Actual Number on Roll 2014/15
  • Actual Number on Roll 2018/19
• Filters:
  • School phase
• Time period: 2025

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	estimated_spare_places_in_202728_count	estimated_spare_places_202728_percentage	actual_pupil_numbers_200910_count	forecast_pupil_numbers_202728_count	actual_pupil_numbers_201819_count	actual_pupil_numbers_201415_count	change_in_pupil_numbers_202526_202728_percentage	change_in_pupil_numbers_200910_201819_percentage	change_in_pupil_numbers_200910_201415_percentage	change_in_pupil_numbers_201819_202526_percentage	change_in_pupil_numbers_201415_202526_percentage	change_in_pupil_numbers_200910_202526_percentage	capacity_may_2010_count	capacity_may_2025_count	unfilled_places_202425_percentage	places_created_200910_202425_total	estimated_additional_places_needed_202728_count	new_places_planned_for_202526_202728_count
2025	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	828662.7013	16.40686221	3854572	4240566	4515525	4270211	-0.848845067	17.14724748	0.10783013	-5.285210468	0.001559408	10.95576889	4227527	4951383	13.83478111	723856	18520	10815
2025	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Secondary	399137.6651	11.11166221	2820511	3210150	2844157	2679601	2.102383868	0.838358723	-0.049959032	10.54417882	0.173327671	11.47093559	3563118	4115847	12.45075436	552729	17230	19726.45402
2025	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	Primary	3780.66477	14.37843148	19498	22786	23749	22069	-0.662655855	21.80223613	0.131859678	-3.414880627	0.039376501	17.64283516	21873	25922	11.33785973	4049	270	42
2025	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	Secondary	1428.768537	7.41424125	14493	17932	14967	14015	2.071948998	3.270544401	-0.032981439	17.37823211	0.253514092	21.21713931	17340	21738	8.5288435	4398	90	0
2025	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	830	E10000007	Derbyshire	Primary	11991.89334	17.84322076	54744	55651	59647	57566	0.293757209	8.956232647	0.051549028	-6.972689322	-0.036097697	1.359053047	62139	66906	16.28254566	4767	440	301

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 19 variables

Variable name	Variable description
actual_pupil_numbers_200910_count	Actual Number on Roll 2009/10
actual_pupil_numbers_201415_count	Actual Number on Roll 2014/15
actual_pupil_numbers_201819_count	Actual Number on Roll 2018/19
capacity_may_2010_count	Capacity at May 2010
capacity_may_2025_count	Capacity at May 2025

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Footnotes

1. z indicates data is not applicable
2. x indicates data is not available

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